Thanks for coming to Sunday Supercade #5!!

Big thanks to everyone who attended the Classic Cartoon Party April 18th, it was a hit & I am glad you all could make it!! It's always a great experience to relive some of your old favorites & I am really happy when I can reintroduce you to great series you may have long forgotten. I've heard your requests for next time & hope to bring you more of your favorite Cartoons from the 80's & 90's in 2010 & beyond!!

favorite quotes from that day:
Chris on Mighty Orbots: "This is waaaayyyyy better than Muppet Babies!!"
Brian on Mighty Orbots: "That Cartoon was a like a Visual Orgy!!"
Jared on Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: "I've never seen a Saturday Morning chick that hot before."
Randy on Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: "It was always about the hot babe."

Carl Macek 1951~2010

It's a sad day for US anime fandom, as US Anime distro forefather Carl Macek passed away sadly over the weekend (4/17) due to a heart attack at age 58.
"Uncle Carl" was one of the original people to bring anime to the US (Robotech), abit modified of course for US TV standards, but he did what he had to do to get a a wonderful genre of animation to US fans who had never seen anything like it before. He is one of the pioneers. Producer, active dubber, & one of the originals to help uncensored anime get to video stores everywhere in the US in the 90's. He worked with Harmony Gold, co-founded Streamline, & was helping ADV & Funimation toward the end of his career. RIP Uncle Carl.

NEW "The Last Airbender" animated series in the works??

This just in!!
Nickelodeon Animation Studio is looking for several artists for its newest show, tentatively titled, Untitled Avatar the Last Airbender Project!
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-animation-jobs-avatar-last.html
Here's looking forward to new Airbender Universe developments!!

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN CANCELLED!!

Much to the surprise of cartoon fans everywhere, Nickelodeon's hyper popular "Wolverine & The X-Men" has been canceled!! Shocked fans lament over the fact that we have heard on several occasions that this terrific show had been renewed for a 2nd season & was in progress with an "Age Of Apocalypse" story arc, & it's popularity across the borders helped it get there. Marvel Animation Age reports that Sony/Marvel are looking to move on to new ideas for properties & that both W&TXM & "Spectacular Spiderman" (which will be replaced by a new "Ultimate Spiderman" series on Disney) are no longer in the works. A very surprising & saddening turn of events... if you never watched W&TXM do yourself a favor & check it out on DVD (hopefully a full season box will be coming soon), it's almost like a more mature return to the "X-Men Evolution" days, & proved to be an entertaining show with great animation, character designs & continuity for all ages. One of the current best animated series on (along the likes of Avatar:The Last Airbender & Clone Wars) it will be missed!!

***UPDATE: Appearantly W&TXM cancellation is because they were unable to work out the financing for the show with their financing partner... =(

SUNDAY SUPERCADE #5 Official Party Invitation !!

Welcome!!
DATE 4.18.10
TIME: 1pm
If you received an invitation e-mail, then you have been invited to the Sunday Supercade Party #5!! The 1st of 2010!!
The theme is "Promises Kept," as at our last Classic Cartoon Party, I mentioned some titles I was going to be bringing in 2010, & I'm pleased to say that those mentioned in passing, have now become a reality!
We'll be taking in 3 "gray-market" releases & 1 new retail release, 2 from the mid-80's & 2 from the early 90's... all of which you have not seen an episode of for at least 15+ years!!
We'll get some Dominos, have some snacks, & I have reserved some "Mountain Dew Throwback" for a comfy classic cartoon viewing with your pals!!
****Bugs, Knights, Dinosaurs, & Robots... all things boys like... could it get any better than this?

presenting:

SECTAURS (1985) Coleco's insect warrior mini-series is here!!



KING ARTHUR & THE KNIGHTS OF JUSTICE (1992) Modern meets medieval!!



CADILLACS & DINOSAURS (1993) The prehistoric Xenozoic Tales comes to life w/superb animation!!



MIGHTY ORBOTS (1984) The TMS beautifully animated galactic patrol gestalt Saturday Morning classic!!

VOLTRON *re-release* Complete Series

To tie in with the upcoming animated series on Nick "Voltron: Pathera Force", Media Blasters is re-releaseing the original classic Voltron: Lion Force in 2 complete collections to compile all 72 episodes on May 4th for a msrp $49.99 each!!

*Also Media Blasters announced that the little known CG tv series from 1998 "Voltron: The Third Dimension" will be released on DVD this summer (2010)

Voltron: The Third Dimension op:

AVATAR BOOK 1 2010 Special Edition DVD Box!!

To coincide with the hype of the new live-action "Last Airbender" Film, Paramount unveils a new Collector's Edition version of Avatar: The Last Airbender : The Complete Book 1 (season 1) for a 7/22/2010 release:
Includes 7 dvds, special features, exclusive behind the scenes documentary, illustrated paperback book w/designs, storyboards, paintings, etc!!